LAND落地
Arrive with a plan.
Market research, company registration, two-way visas and government appointments, done by people who have worked this market since 2004.
China Business Center · Erbil
Where Chinese brands land in Iraq.
Offices, showrooms and a market-entry team under one glass roof.
- 6floors
- 3,000 m²footprint
- 24/7power and security
Chinese brands are landing in Iraq.
45 million people. Median age 21. Chinese phones, cars and appliances already sell here.
One address in Erbil, built for the arrival.
Offices. Showrooms. Restaurants. A hall for 500.
Welcome to China Business Center.
Erbil's business center for Chinese brands in Iraq, with a team on the ground and a route ZMC has run door to door since 2004.
LAND · STAY · SUCCEED 落地 · 扎根 · 成功
Three words we work by.
STAY扎根
Work from a real address.
Offices, showrooms, restaurants and a 500-seat event hall in one tower in Erbil, with electricity and security around the clock.
SUCCEED成功
Sell through channels that already exist.
Distributors, retail networks, twelve warehouses inside Iraq, and marketing that speaks Arabic and Kurdish.
CBC Tower · Erbil · Phase 1
Six floors, built around the way a brand grows.
Start in a shared office. Move to your own floor. Show your products where buyers already walk past. Everything a brand needs in Iraq, under one glass roof near Erbil airport.
- 5FEvent hall for 500, conference room, Chinese, Iraqi and Turkish restaurants, lounge
- 4FOffices for large companies, with a dedicated lift
- 3FOffices for SMEs and representative offices
- 2FShared offices for brands taking a first step
- 1FMulti-brand showroom, retail and pop-up shops
- GFLobby, high-tech showrooms, Chinese restaurant, tea house
- B1 B2Parking
3,000 m²footprint
6 + 2floors, plus two parking levels
500seats in the event hall
24/7electricity and security
Solar panels on the roof. An LED screen on the facade. Greenery and quiet. Hotel rooms, a cargo desk and a travel agency inside.
The market
The market most brands have not looked at yet.
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Iraq is young, urban and online, and it is short of brands. China is already Iraq's largest trading partner and the Kurdistan Region's largest foreign investor. Chinese phones hold more than nine in ten Android sales here, and cars, appliances and solar are following the same road: two in three cars imported into Iraq in 2025 were Chinese.
- UAEBrand awareness. High spend, low return.
- KSAThe bigger prize, with policy homework.
- IRAQLower spend, deeper channels, higher return.
Figures from CBC's 2025 market review, DataReportal, Statista, IMF, Chinese customs, the KRG Board of Investment and the Iraq Future Foundation.
From factory to end user
Hold to land.
Press and hold. A shipment travels from Guangzhou to Erbil, and the three levels of CBC service light up on arrival.
Press and hold the button to play the landing. Release early and it eases back.
Level 1 · Property
Offices, meeting rooms, showrooms and the event hall. Rent or buy.
Level 2 · Operations
Consultancy, visas, company registration, legal and HR, marketing, distributors, door-to-door shipping and warehousing.
Level 3 · Partnership
Distribution, agent operation, funding and shareholding for brands ready to go deeper.
Landed. That is the whole service, in one hold.
How we work
From a first call to your first shipment.
- 1
Talk
Share your profile and what you need. We sign an NDA and answer your first questions about Iraq.
- 2
Research
Market data, channel analysis, legal checks and a sales forecast, so you decide with numbers.
- 3
Sign
Agreements with your local partner and with CBC. Office, visas and registration start moving.
- 4
Ship
A logistics coordinator follows every order from the factory to our warehouses in Iraq.
- 5
Operate
A dedicated project manager on the ground. Payments, tax, compliance and support, handled.
ZMC Group · since 2004
Built by the company that brought the phones.
ZMC Group started in Baghdad in 2004 as a phone dealer. Today it is one of Iraq's largest distributors, runs its own cargo network from China to every Iraqi city, and opened the first smartphone assembly plant in the Middle East.
9countries
12warehouses inside Iraq
1.55Mphones sold in 2024
$200Mturnover in 2024
2004Baghdad2005Erbil2007Basra2008Dubai2017Dubai Airport Free Zone HQ2023Jordan2024First smartphone plant in the Middle East2025China Business Center
Brands ZMC has brought to Iraq: Infinix, realme, OPPO, itel, MEIZU, G-Tab, Baseus, CHA I ENJOY, SAVANA.
CBC is led by Aamer Haji, President of ZMC Group, and Zeng Qi (Clint Zeng), General Manager for Iraq, with co-founders Partneb Investments, Hibobi, Thinla and Zhejiang Jiahe Group.
"What I saw today made me glad because the majority of the workers on the machines were local."
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, at the ZMC and Transsion smartphone plant in Erbil, Kurdistan24, November 2025
Open for
Who we are looking for.
Chinese brands and factories
With a long-term plan for Iraq, a good name in your field, and a team to represent you here.
Electric vehiclesElectronics and appliancesFood and beverageFMCGMother and babyPersonal careFashion and toysSolar and new energyBuilding materialsE-commerce
Iraqi companies
Ready to explore with Chinese brands, with the reach to cover the Iraq market and a long-term plan.
Service partners
Law firms, marketing, accounting, transport and translation companies that want to serve the brands arriving.
Straight answers
What brands ask us first.
Security is the first question every brand asks, and it should be. We will not call anything risk-free. What we can say: the Kurdistan Region is the calmer part of Iraq, China keeps a Consulate General in Erbil, about 3,000 Chinese nationals and more than fifty Chinese companies already work here, and our team has run its own business in Baghdad since 2004 and Erbil since 2005. Then come and see it: we host your visit, and you decide with your own eyes.
By law, a commercial agent in Iraq must be an Iraqi national, so yes, and that is a good thing. We match you with distributors and retail partners we already work with, and we stay in the loop after the agreement is signed.
Fewer than one in five Iraqis holds a bank account, so cash and cash on delivery still carry most retail. Payments and banking procedures are part of our service and step six of our process, handled by the team that runs ZMC's own business of roughly 200 million dollars a year and ZMC Express's cash-on-delivery collections across Iraq. Before you ship, we show you the route your money takes.
In the Kurdistan Region, yes: 100 percent foreign ownership has been allowed since 2022, and business councils put a registration there at a few weeks. Federal Iraq caps foreign ownership at 49 percent and takes months. We register both, we tell you which one fits your plan, and you get a written timeline after the legal check, not a number on a website.
Since March 2025, Chinese citizens need an e-visa before flying to Iraq, and the Kurdistan Region issues its own visa for the Region. We arrange visas in both directions, residency and certifications, with government appointments booked by our team.
Yes. CBC Tower has electricity and security around the clock, with solar panels on the roof, in a city where more than nine in ten homes and businesses now have 24-hour power.
Yes. Shared offices on the second floor and pop-up space in the showroom are made for brands taking a first step. Move to your own office when the numbers say so.
No. Dragon Mart is a place to trade low-priced goods. CBC is a platform for brands: market entry, channels, marketing, operations and a community, plus the building.
Chinese brands get a bad name for this, so we built the base first: twelve ZMC Express warehouses inside Iraq, in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Baghdad, Basra, Najaf and more, door-to-door shipping from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong or Yiwu through Dubai, pre-shipment inspection, online tracking, cash on delivery, and a cargo desk inside the tower.
Please do. We receive business delegations with airport pickup, a hotel, interpretation and a tour of the tower and the market.
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